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Recognised as Colour

#DBCAED

  • #DBCAED
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DBCAED is a violet with RGB values 219, 202, 237 and HSL 269°, 49%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DBCAED#DBCAED
HEX#DBCAED
RGBrgb(219, 202, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.7922, 0.9294
RGB percentages85.9%, 79.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(269.1, 49.3%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.1, 14.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK7.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,404,333
CSS custom property--colour: #DBCAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.68:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#243512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5D0EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D1ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#D9CED6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.9Lavender · ΔE 13.1Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Light grey · ΔE 19.5Gainsboro · ΔE 19.9Lavender blush · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCEDCA
Analogous#CACBED, #EDCAED
Triadic#EDDBCA, #CAEDDB
Split complementary#EDEDCA, #CBEDCA
Tetradic#EDCACB, #DCEDCA, #CAEDED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F0FA
Darker −10%#C1A4E0
Darker −20%#A77ED3
Darker −30%#8D58C6
Darker −40%#743CAF
More saturated +25%#DBC1F6
Less saturated −25%#DBD3E4

Channel breakdown

R219
G202
B237
Red219 (85.9%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue269.14°
Saturation (HSL)49.3%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G CA · B ED

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